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Bird is the Word and You’re Light as a Feather

Posted by Lance Davis - April 24, 2010 - Barney Hoskyns, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Los Angeles
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Another foray into ornithology and again featuring excerpts from Barney Hoskyns‘ Waiting For The Sun: A Rock ‘n’ Roll History of Los Angeles. Overall, it’s a solid reference book, but the first 50 or so pages are my favorite. Not enough is written about LA’s postwar music scene, so respect to Hoskyns for addressing not […]

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There’s Just God When He’s Drunk

Posted by Lance Davis - April 17, 2010 - Barney Hoskyns, Los Angeles, Tom Waits
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  Tom Waits – Heartattack And Vine Heartattack And Vine, 1980 Amazon Tom Waits – Heartattack And Vine “Whenever I hear ‘Heartattack And Vine,’ the bruising title track of one of Tom Waits‘ best albums, it reminds me of arriving in Los Angeles for the first time thirty years ago. The sheer force of the […]

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